Mike Rockenfeller scored his first pole position in the DTM in qualifying at Brands Hatch.
A crash for Filipe Albuquerque at Druids in Q1 saw the red flags come out and the other 17 drivers proceed to Q2. The biggest name not to finish that second session in the top eight and proceed to Q3 was Timo Scheider, who could only manage 12th. He was joined on the sidelines for the remainder of the session by local drivers Oliver Jarvis, David Coulthard and Susie Stoddart who were 14th, 16th and 17th respectively.
Jamie Green was the fastest man in Q3, which decides the four drivers that go through to the one-lap shootout for pole position. Joining him in Q4 were Martin Tomczyk, Rockenfeller and Gary Paffett.
Missing out in fifth was Mattias Ekstrom, while championship leader Bruno Spengler could only manage sixth. To make matters worse for the Canadian he had already picked up a two-place grid penalty for using unmarked tyres in practice. This will promote Ralf Schumacher and Miguel Molina into sixth and seventh on the grid.
Paffett was first to run in Q4, but his time was bettered by 0.198s by Rockenfeller who was next up. Tomczyk was the third man to run but fell 0.009s shy of Paffett. Green then missed Rockenfeller's time by 0.255s, leaving him to settle for fourth and Rockenfeller celebrated pole for Audi.
Qualifying result:
| Pos. | Driver / Entrant / Car | Time |
| 1. | Mike Rockenfeller Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM |
42.090 |
| 2. | Gary Paffett Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.288 |
| 3. | Martin Tomczyk Audi Sport Team Phoenix Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM |
42.297 |
| 4. | Jamie Green AMG Mercedes AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.345 |
| 5. | Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
42.039 (Q3) |
| 6. | Bruno Spengler Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse |
42.068 (Q3) |
| 7. | Ralf Schumacher Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.080 (Q3) |
| 8. | Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Junior Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
42.121 (Q3) |
| 9. | Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A4 DTM |
42.070 (Q2) |
| 10. | Maro Engel GQ AMG Mercedes GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.090 (Q2) |
| 11. | Christian Vietoris Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.093 (Q2) |
| 12. | Timo Scheider Audi Sport Team Abt AUTO TEST Audi A4 DTM |
42.103 (Q2) |
| 13. | Renger van der Zande stern AMG Mercedes stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.223 (Q2) |
| 14. | Oliver Jarvis Audi Sport Team Abt Audi Sport performance cars A4 DTM |
42.263 (Q2) |
| 15. | Rahel Frey Audi Sport Team Phoenix Glamour Audi A4 DTM |
42.275 (Q2) |
| 16. | David Coulthard Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.320 (Q2) |
| 17. | Susie Stoddart TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.554 (Q2) |
| 18. | Filipe Albuquerque Audi Sport Team Rosberg TV Movie Audi A4 DTM |
42.510 (Q1) |
